“The Physiology of Hot Yoga - My First Century of Bikram Yoga”

True Bikram Yoga and the New Zealand Pain Foundation are pleased to announce a seminar to be held at the True Bikram studio in Madison, by Dr. Giresh Kanji, pain specialist and researcher. 

He will talk about the physiology of hot yoga, including the mental and physical benefits. In 2013 Giresh completed his Ph.D. on chronic pain and the effects of heat on the body. In 2012, while leg pressing 200 kilograms, he crushed his spine and experienced two years of chronic pain, disturbed sleep and stiffness. After reducing his pain in December 2013, he attended a Bikram Yoga studio in Darlinghurst, Sydney every day for a month and then returned to Wellington where he continued to attend. 

Giresh will outline his own experiences and explain the science of exercising in the heat, sweating, and how this relates to spinal pain, muscle pain, weight loss, sleep, and mood.

He founded the NZ Pain Foundation in 2013 to fund research on lower back pain, neck pain, migraine and depression. 

His first book, "Fix Your Back," was written after three years of research into spinal pain. It is not available in the United States yet, but will be for sale for $20 on the night of the seminar. 

Please register on the True Bikram website, click on events at www.truebikram.com. The event will run July 2 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be served. For more information please call (203) 350-0343.